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Last week I started a discussion thread at Group Beyond Blue (in Beliefnet’s Community) about possibly starting a buddy system within Beyond Blue so we have even more support than is offered through discussion threads, blog comments, and participation in the Self-Esteem Forum. This is what I wrote: Hi guys, I was talking to an…

I’m sorry to report that I don’t have an interview today. But I DO have some fodder for a great discussion. Beliefnet’s Lilit Marcus directed me to Newsweek’s psychology story “Happiness: Enough Already” about the “anti-happiness” movement, or shall we say the “appreciation of melancholy” backlash to the positive psychology, Now-Everyone-Wear-Your-Smiley-Face trend that has made…

I don’t want to cry “poor me” or anything. Lord help me if I sound like I’m WHINING. BUT all this talk about happiness levels reminded me of a post I wrote awhile back on jealousy. Yep. I admit. I am really, really envious of those people born with fully-developed happiness systems. I get work…

My blogging buddy, Douglas Cootey, over at The Splintered Mind wrote the following sympathetic and thoughtful blog post after he, too, was reamed out regarding a Heath Ledger commentary. Interestingly enough, Douglas gets it from the other side–from those who tell him that if he doesn’t take meds, he’s not a “real” depressive. I found…
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